Jnana Yoga , Jnana Yoga or Jnana Yoga ( Skt. ज्ञान योग , jñānayoga IAST “the way of knowledge ” [1] ) is one of the types of yoga and the philosophy of Hinduism . In Advaita Vedanta, the perfection of Jnana Yoga is the awareness of the unity of the individual, or in the Sanskrit terminology of the atman , with the impersonal aspect of the Absolute Truth - Brahman . In Advaita, Jnana Yoga acts as the primary path to attaining Moksha . This is the path of self-realization in which the individual, with the help of his mind, distinguishes reality from illusion and realizes his identity with Brahman. Having fully realized this, the individual reaches the stage of moksha.
In his commentary on the Bhagavad Gita , Sankara , reflecting the point of view of the Advaita Vedanta school, described the basic meaning of jnana yoga as knowledge of Brahman. In the dualistic tradition of Vaishnavism, the famous medieval philosopher and founder of the Vishishta-Advaita Ramanuja philosophical system regarded jnana as one of the constituent parts of bhakti . [1] In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna explains that jnana consists in correctly understanding the ksetra (field of activity, that is, the body) and ksetrajna (“knowing the field,” that is, the soul ): “Know, O descendant of Bharata , that, being in of each of the bodies, I also know them and that understanding the nature of the body and knowing the body is called knowledge [jnana]. That is My opinion. ” Krishna then explains the need to recognize the difference between the field of activity and the one who knows the field: "Those who look at the world through the eyes of knowledge , who see the difference between the body and the one who knows the body and can find a path leading to liberation from slavery in the material world, achieve the highest goal."
Jnana Yoga Challenge
The task of jnana yoga as a practice is to achieve the congruence of one’s life with one’s worldview, comprehending one’s worldview, one’s way of thinking. An example of the practice of jnana yoga: to find internal contradictions in your thinking [2] .
See also
- Neti neti
- Yogachara
Literature
- ↑ 1 2 Flood, 1996 , p. 127.
- ↑ Safronov A.G. Yoga: physiology, psychosomatics, bioenergetics . - Izd. 3rd, ispr. - Harʹkov: Ritm-Plûs, 2016 .-- S. 174-176. - ISBN 9789662079463 , 9662079467.
Notes
- Kirk, Martin & Boon, Brooke (2005), Hatha yoga illustrated , Human Kinetics, ISBN 0736062033 , < https://books.google.com/books?id=3kWqPibhkmMC >
- Apte, Vaman Shivram. The Practical Sanskrit Dictionary. - Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass , 1965. - ISBN 81-208-0567-4 . (Fourth revised and enlarged edition).
- Flood Gavin . An Introduction to Hinduism. - Cambridge University Press , 1996. - ISBN 0-521-43878-0 .